Creative Improvisation in Disaster Responses : Practice in areas aff ected by the Kumamoto earthquakes

Wang, Wenjie; Inaba, Keishin

doi:https://doi.org/10.18910/86904

Creative Improvisation in Disaster Responses : Practice in areas aff ected by the Kumamoto earthquakes

Wang, Wenjie; Inaba, Keishin

Osaka Human Sciences, 2022, 8, 173-196

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Title	Creative Improvisation in Disaster Responses : Practice in areas aff ected by the Kumamoto earthquakes
Creator	NRID 1000010913270 1000010913270 researchmap permalink wenjie wenjie CreatorName Wang, Wenjie
Creator	NRID 1000030362750 1000030362750 researchmap permalink altruism altruism Scopus Author ID 56559438300 56559438300 CreatorName Inaba, Keishin
Subject	improvisation
	Kumamoto earthquakes
	civil agency
Abstract	In the face of disasters, organizations and groups collaborate continuously and fluidly, coordinating with one another in order to overcome extraordinary challenges. When researchers explored this phenomenon in-depth, they employed the concept of “improvisation.” However, there is a dearth of research in the area of “creative improvisation” relating to civic agencies that do not have special plans or approaches to disaster response. This study, therefor, aims at identifying some of the most eff ective improvisational approaches taken by civic agencies in the fi eld of communication where information, consciousness, and ideas converge. This paper classifi es cases of creative improvisation observed during the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes into two types and considers the respective conditions of improvisation. These are: 1) “Place-making”: by raising several cases representing “place to convergence” scattered throughout the region, the improvisational condition that can be summarized as, "Awareness of gathering to support the aff ected key places" is highlighted. 2) “Forming a commonality”: through participant observation at the "informal talk" held by local civil agencies, the interaction between agencies in the sense-making process is highlighted, thus clarifying the improvisational approaches of, "the process of realizing the role while being encouraged to participate initially," and "ingenuity to induce new movement by co-editing opposite opinions".
Publisher	Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
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DCTERMS.abstract	In the face of disasters, organizations and groups collaborate continuously and fluidly, coordinating with one another in order to overcome extraordinary challenges. When researchers explored this phenomenon in-depth, they employed the concept of “improvisation.” However, there is a dearth of research in the area of “creative improvisation” relating to civic agencies that do not have special plans or approaches to disaster response. This study, therefor, aims at identifying some of the most eff ective improvisational approaches taken by civic agencies in the fi eld of communication where information, consciousness, and ideas converge. This paper classifi es cases of creative improvisation observed during the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes into two types and considers the respective conditions of improvisation. These are: 1) “Place-making”: by raising several cases representing “place to convergence” scattered throughout the region, the improvisational condition that can be summarized as, "Awareness of gathering to support the aff ected key places" is highlighted. 2) “Forming a commonality”: through participant observation at the "informal talk" held by local civil agencies, the interaction between agencies in the sense-making process is highlighted, thus clarifying the improvisational approaches of, "the process of realizing the role while being encouraged to participate initially," and "ingenuity to induce new movement by co-editing opposite opinions".
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